Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: BAD305@UKCC.UKY.EDU (Bill Paterson)
Subject: PVM under Windows?
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
Date: 22 Aug 1994 18:01:17 -0500
Message-ID: <199408222301.SAA16715@news.cs.utexas.edu>

In article <Cuopz8.Mn2@lehman.com> dfields@lehman.com (Doug Fields) writes:
>From: dfields@lehman.com (Doug Fields)
>Subject: PVM on Windows PCs?
>Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 15:06:43 GMT

>Hello,

>I've just been informed that a PVM based application here at Lehman needs
>to be extended to run on Windows PCs. I was wondering if anyone has ported
>PVM to Windows PCs, or if anyone has anything using Windows PCs running
>in any way related to PVM?

>Unfortunately I know little beyond the basics of Windows programming and
>almost nothing about Windows networking, so at this time I can't be very
>conversant in discussing portability issues.

>If nobody has any PVM ports, would there be any net-wide interest in a
>limited PVM for Windows 3.11?

>Cheers,

>Doug

>>I'd be interested!
>>Jones

>>> Notwithstanding any proprietary secrets, why would you want to
    to run PVM under Windows?  I assume that the job would be running
     without any other users over your network?  Windows is not an
     operating system.

